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., give -- itu or the u.n., give them some alternatives to work with. >> host: but when we hear with buzz, they before business, they ask for certainty. there's rules here in the u.s., the e.u., china, iran -- >> guest: ercertainly pure randomness on the part of government behavior is a deterrent to investment like almost anything is. but there's nothing that's certain, and we change things all the time. i think the notion that, you know, setting forth a framework, there are different sorts of things that could be changed. for example, the net neutrality principles that were espoused by colin powell, at the time i didn't think that made a whole lot of sense, and i didn't think that actually they had a lot of teeth, so i wasn't in favor of them. roll forward a number of years, and you find those principles, everybody agrees with. nobody's come out and said, basically, people shouldn't have an access to used content that is legal, they shouldn't be able to attach devices that wouldn't hurt the thing, and they shouldn't have choice. those basic principles, everybody sort of accepted. th
., give -- itu or the u.n., give them some alternatives to work with. >> host: but when we hear with buzz, they before business, they ask for certainty. there's rules here in the u.s., the e.u., china, iran -- >> guest: ercertainly pure randomness on the part of government behavior is a deterrent to investment like almost anything is. but there's nothing that's certain, and we change things all the time. i think the notion that, you know, setting forth a framework, there are...
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i don't think most people are comfortable, for example, like the u.n. regulating the internet. i think a lot of people sort of old internet hands are happy with the sort of nongovernmental organizations that have done this in the past, but i think there are real questions about whether or not they scale, and all of the current sort of, you know, if you said k okay, what's international agency would do this, the itu? all you have to do is say that in an industry forum among people who understand working what the tiu is like, and there's a collective grown. i think the industry needs to be very proactive because i don't think it's a reasonable position for them to take that, you know, they can essentially push off any regulation or cooperation forever, and they need to think -- they need to help the people that don't want it to be something like the itu or the u.n.. give them alternatives to work with. >> when we hear from business there, they ask for certainty. they ask for the rules so play by the rules and they know what the rules are. there's rules here in the u.s., e.u., chi
i don't think most people are comfortable, for example, like the u.n. regulating the internet. i think a lot of people sort of old internet hands are happy with the sort of nongovernmental organizations that have done this in the past, but i think there are real questions about whether or not they scale, and all of the current sort of, you know, if you said k okay, what's international agency would do this, the itu? all you have to do is say that in an industry forum among people who understand...
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army and u.n. staff can pair to those in the u.n. to those in the u.n. staff in afghanistan feel safe? [inaudible] -- taking over in several areas. how do you feel the impact the work of the u.n. is doing in those areas? what are your concerns and thoughts? >> if they had to accumulate the three points, i would focus on whether we in the u.n. feel it secure. the reality is that afghanistan is still a dangerous place and the reality is that the u.n. has been targeted and have had five skillet and several wounded and we had an attack relatively recently in their own operation. they didn't succeed. we were protected by the afghan forces. the afghan soldiers with the one who shot first, got wounded and then korona internal security was given enough time to respond and to go into a safe place. by saying so, i'm trying to reply, except the one about the u.s. military, which i will ever effectively. the writing on the wall is definitely that the afghans are supposed to take over their own security. and we need to expect them to counsel them to do so. they are n
army and u.n. staff can pair to those in the u.n. to those in the u.n. staff in afghanistan feel safe? [inaudible] -- taking over in several areas. how do you feel the impact the work of the u.n. is doing in those areas? what are your concerns and thoughts? >> if they had to accumulate the three points, i would focus on whether we in the u.n. feel it secure. the reality is that afghanistan is still a dangerous place and the reality is that the u.n. has been targeted and have had five...
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a recent report by the u.n. panel detailed interviews held with victims of sexual violence in the drc, and while the plight of all of the victims is heart wrenching the interview with those who are still experiencing ongoing armed conflict are worth emphasizing. these women are desperately in need of the most basic necessities, medical care, housing and a means of supporting themselves and their children. but when asked what they would like to have done to restore their lives and regain their dignity virtually everyone responded that peace and security is their first and most immediate need. they pleaded with the panel to convey this message to the world, because without peace and security anything else that they might acquire could be lost again at any time. a prior may goal of this hearing is to answer these women's plea. i'd like to now turn to my good friend and colleague mr. payne, for any opening comment tas you might have. >> thank you very much. let me congratulate you, mr. smith, on assuming the chairma
a recent report by the u.n. panel detailed interviews held with victims of sexual violence in the drc, and while the plight of all of the victims is heart wrenching the interview with those who are still experiencing ongoing armed conflict are worth emphasizing. these women are desperately in need of the most basic necessities, medical care, housing and a means of supporting themselves and their children. but when asked what they would like to have done to restore their lives and regain their...
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it's reflective in u.n. women, and u.n. women as leader, i'm committed to reflected efforts of women's empowerment in transitions from war to peace. u.n. women will seek to influence decision making at the highest level of u.n. policymaking through an organization whose sole mandate is to have women's realization of human rights and work with governments to make public institution more accessible, responsible, and accountable to women. we will work -- support women's economic engagement through initiatives that address formal and informal barriers to expand market access and market law consistent with international obligations relating to women's rights, and every day we see how important it is. i suppose that all of you heard, as we have today, that six women were shot dead peacefully demonstrating for democracy, and in every part of the world, we need to address or defend women's rights and nowhere more than in conflict and crisis. ladies and gentlemen, tonight i would like to share with you how u.n. women will play this
it's reflective in u.n. women, and u.n. women as leader, i'm committed to reflected efforts of women's empowerment in transitions from war to peace. u.n. women will seek to influence decision making at the highest level of u.n. policymaking through an organization whose sole mandate is to have women's realization of human rights and work with governments to make public institution more accessible, responsible, and accountable to women. we will work -- support women's economic engagement through...
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>> we do have a u.n. contingent there that is doing everything it can to protect institutions and it's a difficult situation. you have these roving gangs that are attacking civilians. we continue to work with -- there's a meeting of the security council regarding the violence today. there will be a heads of state meeting at the african union tomorrow that will meet. we are doing everything in our power to try to resolve this but there are still options available to the international community. >> can we go to pakistan? you have any comment on the latest hearing for mr. davis? >> there were hearings today and pakistani courts on charges against mr. davis. the proceedings on a weapons charge were adjourned until march 16. the proceedings on the murder charges were adjourned until march 8. we are concerned that they proceedings are ongoing. they can't really comment on the litigation itself. we continue to stress to the pakistani government and to the pakistani courts that he has full immunity from criminal
>> we do have a u.n. contingent there that is doing everything it can to protect institutions and it's a difficult situation. you have these roving gangs that are attacking civilians. we continue to work with -- there's a meeting of the security council regarding the violence today. there will be a heads of state meeting at the african union tomorrow that will meet. we are doing everything in our power to try to resolve this but there are still options available to the international...
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the. >> the u.n. security resolution is clear, and that is, that there is a cease-fire and those forces must stop all attacks against civilians. and the forces must stop advancing on those cities. and that humanitarian assistance must be allowed to reach people in libya. >> okay. admiral, we're out of time here. i will send it back to you for any closing remarks >> thank you. it has been a pleasure to talk with you today. you brought up some tough questions. that's why i'm here to insure you have a clear understanding of what the coalition forces are doing. in my opinion the coalition has accomplished quite a lot together. we'll continue to work together an insure protection of the people of libya against the violence of the current regime and violence and attacks against civilians must stop. while using ground forces for this effort is not an option. let me clarify there is no mistaking our clear commitment to protecting the libyan people. thank you for giving my the opportunity to talk with you toda
the. >> the u.n. security resolution is clear, and that is, that there is a cease-fire and those forces must stop all attacks against civilians. and the forces must stop advancing on those cities. and that humanitarian assistance must be allowed to reach people in libya. >> okay. admiral, we're out of time here. i will send it back to you for any closing remarks >> thank you. it has been a pleasure to talk with you today. you brought up some tough questions. that's why i'm...
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he talked to the u.n. they have time to get together contempt for the most important body in the united states that represents the people in the u.s. congress. nato. utter contempt -- is gone to to stto parities gone to our inu allies. it's gone to the u.n. he's gone to the araheb league summit that he has not had one te single minute of debate in a congress. to add insult to injury, he brazil while congress is notev even in session. this really, really should not be the way we operate as a r constitutional republic.nd i'm saddened that no one here seems to stand up and say, whyts in the world would we let a president take us to war withoue wide in the world when we'ret ha involved in two wars would we get involved in a third without having that debate in congress? this to me is a remarkable and really tragic set of events.he s i hope that the congress will see fit to pass this motion which says the bill back to committee with specifice s instructions. are the specific instructions of ths president's tewor
he talked to the u.n. they have time to get together contempt for the most important body in the united states that represents the people in the u.s. congress. nato. utter contempt -- is gone to to stto parities gone to our inu allies. it's gone to the u.n. he's gone to the araheb league summit that he has not had one te single minute of debate in a congress. to add insult to injury, he brazil while congress is notev even in session. this really, really should not be the way we operate as a r...
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since that inexcusable lapse, the u.n. with the congo government and other organizations successfully brought to trial and conflicted nine soldiers including their commanding officers for crimes of mass rapes last month. i join with the united states government in commending this conviction. the rule of law did prevail, but there are many, many more perpetrators who not only allude justice, but flout the most basic notions of humanity by bringing violence towards the daughters of the congo. our human rights concern lie not only with the discourage of gender and sexual-based violence in the drc, child -- unicef released a new report friday saying the reintegration of 5,000 former child soldiers, forcible child recruitment is an ongoing problem. as we give attention to the vick mizeed women and girl of the drc, we must give special consideration to the plight of girl soldiers who are often victims of grow tesk sexual slavery and violence as well. these girls face heartbreaking stigma and challenges as they seek to reintegrat
since that inexcusable lapse, the u.n. with the congo government and other organizations successfully brought to trial and conflicted nine soldiers including their commanding officers for crimes of mass rapes last month. i join with the united states government in commending this conviction. the rule of law did prevail, but there are many, many more perpetrators who not only allude justice, but flout the most basic notions of humanity by bringing violence towards the daughters of the congo. our...
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the top u.n. representative in afghanistan has convened ambassadors from the united states, and other regional players in the what he calls the silk road initiative. he did in this year. there have been a couple of meetings. these are the first such meetings in the kabul of ambassadors since 2005. and the first time the american representative in the kabul has sat in the same room with the iranian diplomat in kabul. the minister spoke in washington earlier the this week, and he says that he hopes to continue this, and he'd like to have a meeting in istanbul -- turkey again -- later this year, and then there's supposed to be a meeting in bonn to mark the tenth anniversary of the bonn conference which gave us the karzai government. the u.n. is also facilitating talks among afghans by karzai's high peace council. and these are all good initiatives. finally, i will just mention there's a new report that's come out from the century fund on negotiations for afghanistan, the way forward, and in addition
the top u.n. representative in afghanistan has convened ambassadors from the united states, and other regional players in the what he calls the silk road initiative. he did in this year. there have been a couple of meetings. these are the first such meetings in the kabul of ambassadors since 2005. and the first time the american representative in the kabul has sat in the same room with the iranian diplomat in kabul. the minister spoke in washington earlier the this week, and he says that he...
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we can be cheerleaders, go to the u.n. security council, we can give them ideas, but we have to do it inouye that is uncharacteristic, we cannot talk about it, we cannot have a special on filet for kashmir and give constant press reports. we have to be sophisticated, a subtle and under the radar. as many of my colleagues who work in u.s. government say i am dreaming. we cannot do it. of pakistan is a country to be pessimistic it is easy. but we have to raise the game and raise our sights to help them do it. >> one question and two points. you said there are only 500 al qaeda? why would they spent $10,000,000,000,000.2 chase them? i urge you not to talk pakistan or afghanistan it is a collection of nations this the pashtuns especially are troubling us. in in these countries, then it's a terrible thing to happen. as far as a combination of mormons seven i have never heard them characterized like that. [laughter] i will steel that line. >> but you know, how the massacres occurred. but this community is paranoid the country is
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so the u.n. just released statistics that while overall civilian casualties are up, the u.s. is causing fewer than it ever has both as a percentage and an absolute number. so our effect on the civilian population is less than it has been for, i think, five or six years. but at the same time there's growing frustration at our inability to really change the fundamental status of the war, and i think that's what karzai's playing into. as far as it meaning anything beyond that, i'm not sure. the talk on the american side about this 2014 date or the july 2011 date that has some meaning because it ends up shaping the perceptions and the choices that different leaders within afghanistan feel they have available to them. but in terms of it altering kind of the physical facts of how the war works, i don't think it's going to do too much. >> we have a question here if you could bring the microphone around. >> i'd like to get some reaction to what happens with israel now, how do you extricate the united states' foreign policy and its domestic policy vis-a-vis israel? the king is very ol
so the u.n. just released statistics that while overall civilian casualties are up, the u.s. is causing fewer than it ever has both as a percentage and an absolute number. so our effect on the civilian population is less than it has been for, i think, five or six years. but at the same time there's growing frustration at our inability to really change the fundamental status of the war, and i think that's what karzai's playing into. as far as it meaning anything beyond that, i'm not sure. the...
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i would note the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity within nato for the use of armed force and the kinds of options that have been talked about in the brass and elsewhere also have their own consequent is in second and third order effects that need to be considered very carefully. our job is to give the president the broadest possible decisions based in the options and to go into the things that were inching about, the options for providing i think have the potential to narrow his decisions based and i have no intention of doing that. i don't know if you want to add to that. >> what are those second and third order consequences you are talking about as a result of any possible u.s. military intervention? i could also to the admiral, this morning on capitol hill, centcom commander general mattis said enforcing a no-fly zone would involve u.s. military operations in taking out air defense systems before the fly zones could be enforced.
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it's the only place where i've seen -- heard senior u.n. officials, humanitarian officials castigate me as a u.s. representative for not helping transfer from humanitarian aid to real development aid. we've been too gingerly, too -- they have the land to grow their crops. i think ezekiel's exactly right. and the amount of money we spend is quite consequential. over a billion dollars a year for humanitarian assistance in darfur from the u.s. taxpayers. close to $400 million a year for humanitarian assistance in southern sudan from u.s. taxpayers. year after year after year. there is an opportunity o turn the page -- to turn the page, to respond to the request of the southern sudanese and move to development. and let me add the type of donor assistance, for example, in agriculture means big projects such as roads and bridges to get to markets. but the bulk of it is local community assistance. one thing for which president obama deserves credit is the attention he's given personally and usaid to look at sustainable agricultural development. we
it's the only place where i've seen -- heard senior u.n. officials, humanitarian officials castigate me as a u.s. representative for not helping transfer from humanitarian aid to real development aid. we've been too gingerly, too -- they have the land to grow their crops. i think ezekiel's exactly right. and the amount of money we spend is quite consequential. over a billion dollars a year for humanitarian assistance in darfur from the u.s. taxpayers. close to $400 million a year for...
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>> the u.n. security council resolution passed just about a week ago, made clear that the violence needs to stop. >> on both sides? >> at least that is something we of this post from the outside of these developments across the region. if you go back to the principles that we have enunciated throughout this, you know, these issues should be resolved through dialogue, not through violence. but it has been colonel gadhafi who is chosen to fight to those who have stood up in opposition to him. and he and those about to bear the responsibility and the u.n. security council resolution make clear there will be accountability based on the actions that have been taken. he could very well have opened the same kind of dialogue with his people that were seen in bahrain, oman and other countries. he chose to turn his weapons on his people and he will be responsible and accountable for those actions. >> but now, this is in answering the question, though. if you're using that argument, you were saying in egypt
>> the u.n. security council resolution passed just about a week ago, made clear that the violence needs to stop. >> on both sides? >> at least that is something we of this post from the outside of these developments across the region. if you go back to the principles that we have enunciated throughout this, you know, these issues should be resolved through dialogue, not through violence. but it has been colonel gadhafi who is chosen to fight to those who have stood up in...
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and the u.n. security council resolution explicitly addressed that, talks about sanctions, identifies both people in organizations but the u.s. is doing that bilaterally on its own as well. >> host: do they work? >> guest: that's an open question. they do in some circumstances. it's not clear the extent to which they will work here. the u.s. had sanctions on libya for many years. having to do with the shootdown -- not shootdown the explosion of the plane over locker by. those were lifted fairly recently. they hadn't worked to produce regime change in that period of time. so it's not clear whether the conditions now are fundamentally different enough to be able to weaken him through those tools. >> host: let's get to phone calls. we can talk a little bit later about the history of our relationship, u.s.-libya relations but we'll go over to hanover, in maryland. carl a democrat joining us. hey, carl, turn the television down. we'll put you on hold and we'll come back to you. santa monica, california
and the u.n. security council resolution explicitly addressed that, talks about sanctions, identifies both people in organizations but the u.s. is doing that bilaterally on its own as well. >> host: do they work? >> guest: that's an open question. they do in some circumstances. it's not clear the extent to which they will work here. the u.s. had sanctions on libya for many years. having to do with the shootdown -- not shootdown the explosion of the plane over locker by. those were...
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we can be cheerleaders, go to u.n. for support, but we have to do it in a way that's uncharacteristic. we cannot talk about it all the time. we cannot have a special envoy for kashmir, we cannot give constant press reports on how we are doing. we have to be sophisticated, subtle, and under the radar screen. many of my colleagues that worked in the u.s. government say i'm dreaming. we can't do it. pakistani is a country that's easy to be pest -- pessimistic about. we have to try to raise our game and sights and see if we can help them do it. >> hi, one question and two points. your language say there are 50 al qaeda. why are we squared of 50 people and spend billions chasing them? i urge you not to talk about pakistan or afghanistan. this is a collection of nature with the army that leads the country. they are the pashtuns, pashtuns especially troublemakers. and sunni/shiite agendas. in these cultures, they are led by three mens and one german. and that's a terrible thing to happen. and we are two and a half million, wh
we can be cheerleaders, go to u.n. for support, but we have to do it in a way that's uncharacteristic. we cannot talk about it all the time. we cannot have a special envoy for kashmir, we cannot give constant press reports on how we are doing. we have to be sophisticated, subtle, and under the radar screen. many of my colleagues that worked in the u.s. government say i'm dreaming. we can't do it. pakistani is a country that's easy to be pest -- pessimistic about. we have to try to raise our...
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i would no that the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity within nato for the use of armed force, and the kinds of options that have been talked about in the press and elsewhere also have their own consequences and the second and third order of fact. so the need to be considered very carefully. our job is to give the president the broadest possible decisions faced and options and to go into the things that we are thinking about the options that we are providing a i think have the potential to narrow his decision space, and i have no intention of doing that. i don't know if you want to add anything. >> what are those second and third order consequences the you are talking about as a result of any possible u.s. military intervention? and if i could also come to the admiral, this morning up on capitol hill, centcom commander general enforcing the no-fly zone but actively involved u.s. military decorations and taking out air defense systems be
i would no that the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity within nato for the use of armed force, and the kinds of options that have been talked about in the press and elsewhere also have their own consequences and the second and third order of fact. so the need to be considered very carefully. our job is to give the president the broadest possible decisions faced and options and to go into the things that we are thinking...
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it makes none of its promised contributions to a range of u.n. and world bank funds for the environment and food security. that's the heart of the discussion with ms. lowey. let's get your telephone calls. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, i just want to tell the representative that my feelings is that we should have absolutely nothing to do with the libyan conflict. the best thing we could do is have the president step up and state the that european union and islamic countries need to solve this. i don't care anymore whether we are humanitarian or whatever we are. this isn't our fight. i have a son in the united states navy. he is in the enterprise battle group. he is currently deployed, and the last thick i want to have -- thing i want to have happen is him standing off the coast of libya and our blood and treasure going to something that is not our fight. >> host: thank you, kathy. >> guest: and thunk, kathy for your elegance and please, god, i hope your son will come home soon, but we have to understand that we are not living in isolation, and
it makes none of its promised contributions to a range of u.n. and world bank funds for the environment and food security. that's the heart of the discussion with ms. lowey. let's get your telephone calls. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, i just want to tell the representative that my feelings is that we should have absolutely nothing to do with the libyan conflict. the best thing we could do is have the president step up and state the that european union and islamic countries need to...
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one guy starts putting on his sneakers and says you can't u.n. -- out from there. he says i don't have to outrun the there i just have to outrun you. what about, i'm sure you've heard about the theory that china will get old before it gets rich. in other words like we have the problems in the u.s. with our social security system medicare and medicaid, china i guess the one child policy they are going to have a giant bird in of the baby boom generation retiring and not nearly as many workers coming along to replace them. they don't have the kind of western-style social welfare state but you point out in your book that they might be moving in that direction. so, -- >> guest: big issue. if you compare china and india quite comparable in many ways the demographics are much more favorable in the midterm. i think the chinese government has made a very deliberate choice to focus on the one child policy because they were concerned about how we are going to do a billion people if we let the population continue it would be bigger than a billion people we would have to take c
one guy starts putting on his sneakers and says you can't u.n. -- out from there. he says i don't have to outrun the there i just have to outrun you. what about, i'm sure you've heard about the theory that china will get old before it gets rich. in other words like we have the problems in the u.s. with our social security system medicare and medicaid, china i guess the one child policy they are going to have a giant bird in of the baby boom generation retiring and not nearly as many workers...
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mission to the u.n. who kept, who told us he had unitarian parents, and he really thought that so much of what we said was right and how much he really agreed with us. so we kept, you know, thanking him for his solidarity but pointed out the terrible things that the u.s. government is doing, threatening war against iran and the sanctions and so forth. anyway, i think that this is really, when we organize these statements -- i have some copies here, and the war threats and sanctions against iran, support for the struggle for democracy inside iran -- when we do this kind of thing, we really are aiming at a lot of different audiences at the same time. so, first of all, we want to change our own government's policy from the kind of war-like imperial policy that it has. second of all, we want to change the iranian government's policy from the repression it does, and thirdly, we want to change our own peace movement. bring out the natural sympathy that people in the peace movement have for people who are reall
mission to the u.n. who kept, who told us he had unitarian parents, and he really thought that so much of what we said was right and how much he really agreed with us. so we kept, you know, thanking him for his solidarity but pointed out the terrible things that the u.s. government is doing, threatening war against iran and the sanctions and so forth. anyway, i think that this is really, when we organize these statements -- i have some copies here, and the war threats and sanctions against...
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they then say, the arab league, go to the u.n. and create the authority, an international authority to stop it. which was done. it was in the midst of all this that the president was leaving for south america and congress was leaving for a one-week scheduled recess. that's a fact. on the friday, which is now about 10 days ago, before we left, the president had a conference call and invited all the members of the leadership, democrat and republican, house and senate, to listen to a briefing from the situation room about the exact military situation we faced, and invited questions, comments from all members of congress. -- who were part of that cmpleghts i was part of that conversation. i listened to it carefully. and it became clear to me that the president had laid down certain conditions to the united states' involvement. number one, the president said, no american ground troops. number two, the president said, this is a war of short duration, as far as the united states is concerned. in his words, days, not weeks. and he went on
they then say, the arab league, go to the u.n. and create the authority, an international authority to stop it. which was done. it was in the midst of all this that the president was leaving for south america and congress was leaving for a one-week scheduled recess. that's a fact. on the friday, which is now about 10 days ago, before we left, the president had a conference call and invited all the members of the leadership, democrat and republican, house and senate, to listen to a briefing from...
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sanction policy should complement the international sanctions effort underway at the u.n. and other international venues. there is no reason we can't pursue a strategic sanctions policy that ensures that companies operating in the united states or affiliated with u.s. entities don't invest in iran's energy sector. it's time we demonstrated that we're really serious about this before it's too late. we have taken now the first step in the right direction. it's produced exactly the results we had hoped those steps would take. and now i and others anxiously await the report that will come out between now and march 29 to see what the next steps are and then we'll be looking carefully to see what the reaction to those actions are. i hope that we do continue to show that we're really serious, that sanctions will only work if the nations involved, and particularly the united states, follows its own policies and uses its own tools. madam president, i notice the absence of a quorum as i conclude my remarks. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. murkow
sanction policy should complement the international sanctions effort underway at the u.n. and other international venues. there is no reason we can't pursue a strategic sanctions policy that ensures that companies operating in the united states or affiliated with u.s. entities don't invest in iran's energy sector. it's time we demonstrated that we're really serious about this before it's too late. we have taken now the first step in the right direction. it's produced exactly the results we had...
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reports today from the u.n. humans rights commission suggests that there have been massive atrocities in thousands of people have been killed. gadhafi's last and will likely be in tripoli and the likely be massive. reports today that libya has a chemical weapons to build. does anyone think for a moment that gadhafi was not used as chemical weapons if the name? all of it forces me to think about the parallels drawn. insider in today we have people that are gadhafi like in a sense there is no option for them. they will get on a plane to go to southern france if they feel they have lost or are losing power. if you follow and listen to roderick, i think 10 days ago we were called to see and do. start give him 120 members of iran's hard-boiled parliament rallied around the podium again for the blood of the opposition leaders, calling for execution. there were people in iran who are willing to kill thousands, not when tian an men square, but multiple is needed in order to stay in power. so i think looking at events in
reports today from the u.n. humans rights commission suggests that there have been massive atrocities in thousands of people have been killed. gadhafi's last and will likely be in tripoli and the likely be massive. reports today that libya has a chemical weapons to build. does anyone think for a moment that gadhafi was not used as chemical weapons if the name? all of it forces me to think about the parallels drawn. insider in today we have people that are gadhafi like in a sense there is no...
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they were to u.n. security resolutions, 1846 that basically said it gave us all the necessary means to fight piracy in the somali baseman. and also, resolution 1851, which the pullers alexa piracy. this is pretty significant. we have a coalition of the willing and we also have the united nations firmly behind it. so it's pretty significant that these task force are out there and they're fighting the pirate in doing a pretty significant job. a lot's been in the price in the last couple weeks saying that the task force were ineffective. i think you need to first combat can see there are two significant things i'm not that you have to realize. the eerie yet it self is 1.1 million square miles of ocean. that's three times the size of the gulf of mexico. so we say if we have 25 warships out there and you can do the math and say that their ineffective, it is kind of like saying there is crime in washington d.c. in the d.c. police department is not effective. they are very effective out there. it's just a vas
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have one that they bought from the soviets in the fire sale, it's parked somewhere as yoshes with u.n., some kind of display. but they're going to build a new one that they can project power with? in my within, fs there was no reason for any country in the world author rir craft carriers other than us, you know? [laughter] the united states should have a lot of them. other countries don't need them because we keep the peace of the seas. and, you know, that's our job. if other countries want to do that job, we have to ask why. we're doing a great job at it. so why would any other country do that? if no other country had a navy at all other than coastal defense, i'd be happy. yet there may come a day when we see a chinese carrier task force cruising around in the caribbean, you know, making ports of all in cuna and stuff like that. i don't think we'd before happy with that. so i wouldn't, i wouldn't sound the alarm yet, but the personal is there for -- potential is there for china to get involved, and we have to ask, why are you doing that? but, sadly, our administration won't ask china
have one that they bought from the soviets in the fire sale, it's parked somewhere as yoshes with u.n., some kind of display. but they're going to build a new one that they can project power with? in my within, fs there was no reason for any country in the world author rir craft carriers other than us, you know? [laughter] the united states should have a lot of them. other countries don't need them because we keep the peace of the seas. and, you know, that's our job. if other countries want to...
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they were to u.n. security resolutions, 1846 that basically said it gave us all the necessary means to fight piracy in the somali baseman. and also, resolution 1851, which the pullers alexa piracy. this is pretty significant. we have a coalition of the willing and we also have the united nations firmly behind it. so it's pretty significant that these task force are out there and they're fighting the pirate in doing a pretty significant job. a lot's been in the price in the last couple weeks saying that the task force were ineffective. i think you need to first combat can see there are two significant things i'm not that you have to realize. the eerie yet it self is 1.1 million square miles of ocean. that's three times the size of the gulf of mexico. so we say if we have 25 warships out there and you can do the math and say that their ineffective, it is kind of like saying there is crime in washington d.c. in the d.c. police department is not effective. they are very effective out there. it's just a vas
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>> again, i understand the negotiations include the u.n. security council. they are discussing broad range of options for next steps. but this is up to the member states of the security council to determine future course of action. [inaudible conversations] >> what about jordan itself? >> secretary general's comments as the european union in brussels is saying they're keeping the military option open, but that it would have to be approved by the united nations. it's likely we'll hear more about libya with president obama who has a news conference scheduled for 12:30 eastern. certainly more about the situation on the west coast due to the japan earthquake, the tsunamis began coming, the waves began coming ashore about an hour ago, about 7:30 eastern. the president's news conference coming up in just under an hour at the white house. we'll have it live for you here on c-span2 at 12:30 eastern. ahead of that, though, back to our discussion on the foreign operations budget. this morning's "washington ran journal." >> host: thanks for being here this morning. wow
>> again, i understand the negotiations include the u.n. security council. they are discussing broad range of options for next steps. but this is up to the member states of the security council to determine future course of action. [inaudible conversations] >> what about jordan itself? >> secretary general's comments as the european union in brussels is saying they're keeping the military option open, but that it would have to be approved by the united nations. it's likely...
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we can be cheerleaders, we can go to the u.n. security council for reaffirmation and support, we can give them ideas. but we have to do it in a way that is very uncharacteristic. we cannot talk about it all the time. we cannot have a special envoy for kashmir. we cannot give constant press reports on how we're doing. we've got to be sophisticated, subtle and under the radar screen. now, many of my colleagues who have worked in the u.s. government say i'm dreaming. we can't do it. but pakistan is a country that it's easy to be pessimistic about, and it'll take you nowhere. so we have to try to raise our game and raise our sights and see if we can help them do it. >> hi. one question and two points. your counterpart at langley said there are only 50 al-qaeda, so why do we spend $10 trillion chasing them? the other point is i urge you to not to talk pakistan or afghanistan. this is a collection of nations. the punjabi army is misruling the country. the pashtuns, the pashtuns especially trouble. and sunni-shia agendas. and these coun
we can be cheerleaders, we can go to the u.n. security council for reaffirmation and support, we can give them ideas. but we have to do it in a way that is very uncharacteristic. we cannot talk about it all the time. we cannot have a special envoy for kashmir. we cannot give constant press reports on how we're doing. we've got to be sophisticated, subtle and under the radar screen. now, many of my colleagues who have worked in the u.s. government say i'm dreaming. we can't do it. but pakistan...
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they must understand in president obama's words to the u.n. last year, "we cannot let this holy land remain a symbol of our differences instead of a symbol of our common humanity." as stubborn as this conflict has been and intractable as the differences seem, i believe there will be peace because at the end of the day, both sides want to give their grandchildren a legacy of peace, and i look forward to your questions today and our conversation. [applause] >> congresswoman capps. >> thank you, al -- alexandra for your support. i am thrilled to be endorsed by jstreet and travel to the middle east just a year ago now with jstreet now. [applause] it's terrific to see such rapid growth in your membership and your exposure. the topics for today's discussion is a crucial one, creating political space for open and honest dialogue about israel and pees in the middle east is -- peace in the middle east is so crucial. jstreet has been instrumental in creating this. when i first came to congress in the late 1990s, israel disability was defined by a wide w
they must understand in president obama's words to the u.n. last year, "we cannot let this holy land remain a symbol of our differences instead of a symbol of our common humanity." as stubborn as this conflict has been and intractable as the differences seem, i believe there will be peace because at the end of the day, both sides want to give their grandchildren a legacy of peace, and i look forward to your questions today and our conversation. [applause] >> congresswoman capps....
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u.n. sanctions, and most recently has seen more than 400 u.s. congressmen and senators turning on their own president by standing and cheering the 2010 speech in washington by benjamin not an issue calling for a war on iran. on iran. it has also seen as racing today in egypt western governments encourage their nice safe and politically naÏve college students to twitter young iranians to urge a political revolution without a care about how many of those iranians would die in the streets as a result. given this context in terms of political reality, iran's leaders are truly negligent if they were not seeking an effective defense against the constant threats from the world's most militarily potent nations. so tehran will certainly get a nuclear weapon, but then what? well, my response will be to ask, so what? iran doesn't have the ability to hit the united states with such a weapon. while we certainly can't incinerate persia. and she is will not supply it the sunni extremes will be more likely to use against iran than against the west. but will th
u.n. sanctions, and most recently has seen more than 400 u.s. congressmen and senators turning on their own president by standing and cheering the 2010 speech in washington by benjamin not an issue calling for a war on iran. on iran. it has also seen as racing today in egypt western governments encourage their nice safe and politically naÏve college students to twitter young iranians to urge a political revolution without a care about how many of those iranians would die in the streets as a...
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are only one plane ride away from the united states or supporting nato or the atomic energy agency or u.n. peace keeping, these are all parts of our national security, and there's diplomats here and abroad and the funds they administer to make it possible to make the united states part of the world community. while the house press release to adequately cuts operations and programs in afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, that's too rhetoric. secretary clinton said the house cr1 unacceptable hurts interests in those part of the countries. it hurts refugees and other victims of disaster by 40%. at the same time, the other members on the other side of the aisle are said -- we should be helping these libyans, these people who fled their homes, help the egyptian who are now refugees in libya, and i agree with them. everybody does, but, oh, by the way, we're going to cut almost in half your budget for refugees. you can't have one without the other. the house cr provides the security fund and that prevents hunger in africa and asia and improves united states standing. it provide funding for the clean tec
are only one plane ride away from the united states or supporting nato or the atomic energy agency or u.n. peace keeping, these are all parts of our national security, and there's diplomats here and abroad and the funds they administer to make it possible to make the united states part of the world community. while the house press release to adequately cuts operations and programs in afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, that's too rhetoric. secretary clinton said the house cr1 unacceptable hurts...
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renege on our treaty obligations to the u.n., to the international financial institutions. our carpet,china, -- our competitors, china, is particularly eager to purchase. at a time when china is expanding its influence globally, the house would have us pull back and say, here, you guys take oamplet you can be the face -- you guys tak guys take t you can be the face that these guys will see, no not the united states. even britain's conservative government is exempting, even increasing international aid because unlike our republican friends in the house, they recognize a matter of national security. you know, we might say also the impact of h.r. 11 equally devastating on our domestic programs. our foreign programs are part of our security, it's devastating there. but look at what it's doing here. the social safety net, the programs that expand and maintain our country's infrastructure, they're going to be slashed. and numerous comments from bernanke and mark zandi recognize the impact of the h.r. 1. the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs just at a time when our economy is
renege on our treaty obligations to the u.n., to the international financial institutions. our carpet,china, -- our competitors, china, is particularly eager to purchase. at a time when china is expanding its influence globally, the house would have us pull back and say, here, you guys take oamplet you can be the face -- you guys tak guys take t you can be the face that these guys will see, no not the united states. even britain's conservative government is exempting, even increasing...
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there were resolution after resolution in the u.n. the congress was fully on top of all of it. they knew what was at stake. and we voted. some voted "no" and complained and continued to complain. but for the most part, those who voted "no" supported action because we had been involved in a discussion that was real about the risk and so forth. then you had other actions such as grenada and panama that had less debate by congress and people have not been happy about that. they felt like there should have been more. i would just say, in my opinion, the consultative process for this military engagement was unacceptable. it did not have to occur in this fashion. there's ample opportunity to discuss it. senator susan collins on the armed services committee a few days ago, we had top defense department officials there -- admiral stavra t*e s, who is the commander of nato forces, was testifying and she said well, we had time, it appears, to consult and get a vote in the u.n. we had time to consult and get a vote in nato. the arab league apparently found time to reach some sort of conse
there were resolution after resolution in the u.n. the congress was fully on top of all of it. they knew what was at stake. and we voted. some voted "no" and complained and continued to complain. but for the most part, those who voted "no" supported action because we had been involved in a discussion that was real about the risk and so forth. then you had other actions such as grenada and panama that had less debate by congress and people have not been happy about that. they...
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u.n. former close for -- president clinton. u.n. president clinton just performed so magnificently, not just at the moment but for months and months afterwards as we continue to work through our issue so thank you very very much and thank you as well for the role i perceive you to have played in developing our current afghanistan policy. that was a tough moment. you may not agree with the analogy but it was like a search moment for bush when you do something that is not very popular and particularly within their own political rank so i think that was very much the national interest and i appreciate the additional military commitment. i've been on the ground in tennessee and to see what your people in the state are doing and it is night and day different than it was on previous trips so again thank you very much. i think it is making an enormous difference. i want to go back to libya for a minute and dry comparison with egypt and get your thoughts. in egypt we have a long-standing relations
u.n. former close for -- president clinton. u.n. president clinton just performed so magnificently, not just at the moment but for months and months afterwards as we continue to work through our issue so thank you very very much and thank you as well for the role i perceive you to have played in developing our current afghanistan policy. that was a tough moment. you may not agree with the analogy but it was like a search moment for bush when you do something that is not very popular and...
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u.n the u.n. peacekeeping, these are all parts of our national security. t and if the diplomats here and ad abroad and the funds the administer that make it possible that make the united states pard of the world community. relea the house press release claims the operations and programs in,d afghanistan, pakistan and iraq. that's empty rhetoric. secretary clinton said the house c.r. on acceptably harm u.s. interest in those countries.thal so in the beginning the house.r. c.r. slash as funding forunding refugees and their victims of emsaster by 40%. that m at the same time, the members of the other sidetdz of the ogle an urging we hagve the tens ofthe thousands of libyans who fled we say that we should be helpine these people who fled their homes, we should help the egyptians who are now refugees in libya, and i ever read. tm. everybody agrees. but by the way, we are going ton cut almost in half. the budget for the refugees. u can't other. the house c.r. has funding for that prevents ponder and famine in africa and asia. asi and it improves the america spen
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u.n. former close for -- president clinton. u.n. president clinton just performed so magnificently, not just at the moment but for months and months afterwards as we continue to work through our issue so thank you very very much and thank you as well for the role i perceive you to have played in developing our current afghanistan policy. that was a tough moment. you may not agree with the analogy but it was like a search moment for bush when you do something that is not very popular and particularly within their own political rank so i think that was very much the national interest and i appreciate the additional military commitment. i've been on the ground in tennessee and to see what your people in the state are doing and it is night and day different than it was on previous trips so again thank you very much. i think it is making an enormous difference. i want to go back to libya for a minute and dry comparison with egypt and get your thoughts. in egypt we have a long-standing relations
u.n. former close for -- president clinton. u.n. president clinton just performed so magnificently, not just at the moment but for months and months afterwards as we continue to work through our issue so thank you very very much and thank you as well for the role i perceive you to have played in developing our current afghanistan policy. that was a tough moment. you may not agree with the analogy but it was like a search moment for bush when you do something that is not very popular and...
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so i just hope one, the u.n. says that the chesapeake, but they need inaction agenda. they need a scientifically credible plan in epa now is in charge of the recovery in the chesapeake bay and i hope you will take that seriously. a lot of the run if issues that are neglected by the state should be addressed in the know you're trying to do that. >> distinguished ranking member yield? spinnaker not suggesting to take away from the lakes? >> i just like to see the budget gives more hope. and i'd also like to see -- i would love to see the great lakes have an action plan. cannot think a have an action plan yet. this scientifically credible and verified they independent sources. that's what you need to do. but we didn't state state of washington. the mac advocacy to the former chairman, ranking member when the sun is 20% of the world's precious water, perhaps you could make the case for many come up and not now. >> the most endangered beasties in the country also is a priority as well. all i am saying is let's try to be fair and the administration's budget again i don't enq
so i just hope one, the u.n. says that the chesapeake, but they need inaction agenda. they need a scientifically credible plan in epa now is in charge of the recovery in the chesapeake bay and i hope you will take that seriously. a lot of the run if issues that are neglected by the state should be addressed in the know you're trying to do that. >> distinguished ranking member yield? spinnaker not suggesting to take away from the lakes? >> i just like to see the budget gives more...
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and their opinions are very different from some of the u.n. takes you on television because he wouldn't get elected in the united kingdom, standing on the platform that we should be more like iran. there's a reason why these people moved and it wasn't because we wanted to live under sharia law. we do have a specific problem with some british foreign boys who have become so alienated from a country where the crew up that in extreme cases they have been driven to take up arms against it. on the battlefields in afghanistan and pakistan, we have rounded up dozens of british-born muslims. we had to voice what to do to gaza and people have asked, what is it that coded so alienated these products of the british welfare state that these kids who have grown up in britain with all of their cares what dr., what could've pushed them into this position of belligerence and hostility? the clue was and how i put the question. it is precisely their dealings with the british welfare state would've taught them to despise the country. if they got any history at a
and their opinions are very different from some of the u.n. takes you on television because he wouldn't get elected in the united kingdom, standing on the platform that we should be more like iran. there's a reason why these people moved and it wasn't because we wanted to live under sharia law. we do have a specific problem with some british foreign boys who have become so alienated from a country where the crew up that in extreme cases they have been driven to take up arms against it. on the...
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middle east and as nato starts to take control of military operations in libya, find the latest from the u.n. security council, administration officials and reaction from world leaders on the c-span video library. all searchable on your computer anytime. watch what you want, when you want. >> many a few moments, iowa ree palin congressman steve king hosts a panel discussion on conservatives and the media and efforts to repeal the year-old federal health care law. >> a couple of live events to tell you about this morning. the senate energy and natural resources committee looks into the japanese nuclear plant crisis on c-span at 10:00. members will hear from representatives of the nuclear regulatory commission, the nuclear energy institute, and the union of concerned scientists. also at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3, a senate judiciary committee hearing on civil rights for american muslims. witnesses will include the assistant attorney general of the civil rights division and cardinal theodore mccarek. >> throughout the month of april, we'll feature the top winners of this year's c-span's student
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renege on our treaty obligations to the u.n., to the international financial institutions. our carpet,china, -- our competitors, china, is particularly eager to purchase. at a time when china is expanding its influence globally, the house would have us pull back and say, here, you guys take oamplet you can be the face -- you guys tak guys take t you can be the face that these guys will see, no not the united states. even britain's conservative government is exempting, even increasing international aid because unlike our republican friends in the house, they recognize a matter of national security. you know, we might say also the impact of h.r. 11 equally devastating on our domestic programs. our foreign programs are part of our security, it's devastating there. but look at what it's doing here. the social safety net, the programs that expand and maintain our country's infrastructure, they're going to be slashed. and numerous comments from bernanke and mark zandi recognize the impact of the h.r. 1. the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs just at a time when our economy is
renege on our treaty obligations to the u.n., to the international financial institutions. our carpet,china, -- our competitors, china, is particularly eager to purchase. at a time when china is expanding its influence globally, the house would have us pull back and say, here, you guys take oamplet you can be the face -- you guys tak guys take t you can be the face that these guys will see, no not the united states. even britain's conservative government is exempting, even increasing...
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fred tips and with the u.n. development program. how does this differ from herbert hoover's who got the microeconomics right but seemed to miss the whole macropsychology of the economy the required government activism to restore, how can we see the stock market was left alone when the huge banks and huge auto companies were rescued in a way that gave investors confidence to stay and go back into the stock market? it was dependent on the government activism. in the supreme court they put a brake on the degree of fact some and you could argue the content of the degree of activism but wasn't that the central to maintain the economy in a way that presented something much worse cracks >> let me first say that as i indicated before, was in favor of the government act of the some right after the crisis and i argued in another piece which was published at the institution -- >> a poll to be too small place somewhere around here. >> i argued that the basic surge that has occurred is very largely localized to what i would argue was the largest
fred tips and with the u.n. development program. how does this differ from herbert hoover's who got the microeconomics right but seemed to miss the whole macropsychology of the economy the required government activism to restore, how can we see the stock market was left alone when the huge banks and huge auto companies were rescued in a way that gave investors confidence to stay and go back into the stock market? it was dependent on the government activism. in the supreme court they put a brake...
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and drafted a u.n. security council resolution to implement a no-fly zone. it is long past time for the president of the united statesls international leadership. the united states of america must lead.zone a no-fly zone was never guinn to be the decisive action that too the balance against qaddafi ever when senator lieberman and all y called for nearly three weeks ago. but it remains the case that a no-fly zone would take one of to qaddafi's most lethal tools offd the table and thereby boost thes opposition. l it is the libyans themselves whs want to do the fighting againste qaddafi, but they want it to be a fair fight, and so should we.t finally, the president should develop and implement a to comprehensive strategy to.s. accomplish the stated u.s. objective of qaddafi leadingbeya power. be on the no-fly zone and beyond the actions like sanctions and humanitarian assistance that we are are already taking there are many actions we should couldigen consider for measuring rttelligence on with opposition to providing members support for command ande control to
and drafted a u.n. security council resolution to implement a no-fly zone. it is long past time for the president of the united statesls international leadership. the united states of america must lead.zone a no-fly zone was never guinn to be the decisive action that too the balance against qaddafi ever when senator lieberman and all y called for nearly three weeks ago. but it remains the case that a no-fly zone would take one of to qaddafi's most lethal tools offd the table and thereby boost...
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in the middle east and nato takes control of military operation in libya, find the latest from the u.n. security council, administration officials with and reaction from world leaders on the c-span video library. all searchable on your computer any time. watch what you want when you want. >> in a few moments, a forum on border security, including comments from the threat of a terrorists attack is greater along the border with canada, than the border with mexico. in less than two hours, the commission on wartime contracting continued to cut cost on federal contracts and increase competition. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow morning. >> throughout april, we'll feature the top winners of c-span student cam competition. nearly 1500 middle school and high school students committed "washington, d.c. through my lens" watch at 6:50 a.m. eastern just before washington journal and during the program meet the students that created them. stream all of the videos any time online at studentcam.org. the deputy commissioner said the terrorist threat is higher along the border with ca
in the middle east and nato takes control of military operation in libya, find the latest from the u.n. security council, administration officials with and reaction from world leaders on the c-span video library. all searchable on your computer any time. watch what you want when you want. >> in a few moments, a forum on border security, including comments from the threat of a terrorists attack is greater along the border with canada, than the border with mexico. in less than two hours,...
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repressive of free expression in tunisia despite their image as a modern country and one that could host the u.n. conferences on information technology and so forth and so on. it was actually a very, very tightly controlled, far more than a case in egypt, for example. it meant that there was a faÇade that everyone understood to be no more than a faÇade of this sort of modern western facing, you know, and facing middle developing countries. the corruption in tunisia was very much organized at the top. the president, ben ali and his family were routinely described as tradition talked about politics and corruption as the family and everybody knew that the family got a cut of any significant economic transaction in the country, including any foreign investment. there are multiple stories of foreign companies after considerably long negotiations deciding not to do business in tunisia because they simply could not get through the family. and it was the quality of corruption and predatory mass that was not only inhibiting the kind of development and claim that they were promoting, but also deeply hum
repressive of free expression in tunisia despite their image as a modern country and one that could host the u.n. conferences on information technology and so forth and so on. it was actually a very, very tightly controlled, far more than a case in egypt, for example. it meant that there was a faÇade that everyone understood to be no more than a faÇade of this sort of modern western facing, you know, and facing middle developing countries. the corruption in tunisia was very much organized at...
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u.n. ambassador on human rights -- alalways teaching, always inspiring, always empowering thousands of women here and around the world. then in 1998, she was diagnosed with blood cancer, and once again she was determined not to give up and not to give in. she began the greatest campaign of her life. she began the campaign for her own life. she fought her cancer, and she not only fought her cancer, she also fought for cancer victims. she forged a relationship with senator kay bailey hutchison, as we will as my friendship. you see, senator kay bailey will tell this story herself. her brother alan -- alan bailey -- soferredz from the same disease as geri. they met through an advocacy group on multiple my len know ma. then they said, alan bailey and geraldine ferraro joined hands and joined together and kay bailey hutchison and i did, and we introduced the geri ferraro research investment and education afnlgt i wanted it to be ferraro-bailey but alan very graciously said, geri is a marquee nam
u.n. ambassador on human rights -- alalways teaching, always inspiring, always empowering thousands of women here and around the world. then in 1998, she was diagnosed with blood cancer, and once again she was determined not to give up and not to give in. she began the greatest campaign of her life. she began the campaign for her own life. she fought her cancer, and she not only fought her cancer, she also fought for cancer victims. she forged a relationship with senator kay bailey hutchison,...
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the libyan leader also criticized the u.n. for moving forward on resolutions against his country. this portion of the speech is courtesy of the al-jazeera network. >> translator: we wish to -- they are mistaken. those who are carrying on our much recognized and they will not and cannot be recognized. they will be labeled blasphemous. my children in benghazi who are carrying on on the bandwagon of terrorists, they will not gain more came out of it. they should abide by the people's democracy, security and safeguarding our city. they should not give an excuse for the outsiders to intervene. you are saying to the americans that -- the libyans will die. if americans set foot on our territory. these are the classes explained. now, all the libyan people have the right to address the issue of constitution ngo's. they are not concerned with the media or newspaper. the majority of the media, the absolute -- are backing their resolution supporting qaddafi. gadhafi you made the libyan people free and independent. and the libyan is walking any part of the world with his head held high. the ou
the libyan leader also criticized the u.n. for moving forward on resolutions against his country. this portion of the speech is courtesy of the al-jazeera network. >> translator: we wish to -- they are mistaken. those who are carrying on our much recognized and they will not and cannot be recognized. they will be labeled blasphemous. my children in benghazi who are carrying on on the bandwagon of terrorists, they will not gain more came out of it. they should abide by the people's...
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a report from the u.n. found that of the casualties in japan, 100 were results of the earthquake. the rest came from the tsunami and related damages. 100 from the earthquake. again, remember that figure of 300,000 dead in haiti with an earthquake that measured 7.0. japan led the world in pushing for disaster reduction which is an amazing accomplishment. timely, i must say -- finally, i must say the nuclear issue is overshadowing everything else. this is is a whole new ball games. in the past problems of access is the result of damaged infrastructure resulting from natural disaster such as all that rubble in haiti or the result of armed attacks on workers, but never before have agencies had to think about radioactivity, of how close to get, how certain it is, what danger status is placed on them when they are trying to carry out their missions. an article in today's "new york times" said some 10,000 people left their homes, not evacuated as a direct result of the natural disasters, but because the fear of radiation. those are internally displaced persons. it's something to watch fo
a report from the u.n. found that of the casualties in japan, 100 were results of the earthquake. the rest came from the tsunami and related damages. 100 from the earthquake. again, remember that figure of 300,000 dead in haiti with an earthquake that measured 7.0. japan led the world in pushing for disaster reduction which is an amazing accomplishment. timely, i must say -- finally, i must say the nuclear issue is overshadowing everything else. this is is a whole new ball games. in the past...
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this one day after the u.n. security council authorize ad no-fly zone over libya and the libyan government this morning declaring a cease-fire. we expect to hear comments from president obama before he heads out on his south and central american trip. there are reports that he will make a statement today. we will have those on the c-span networks when and if they do happen. the president will head out this evening from the white house for a five-day, three-country trip beginning in brazil tomorrow. also covering chile and el salvador and returning next wednesday. coming up on the c-span networks at noon today are the center for american progress is hosting a discussion on the administration open government initiative. the first panel focusing on the policy aspects of the initiative. the second panel on technology's impact and how people get and use information. that will be live on c-span. in relation to the president's trip, secretary of state hillary clinton will be talking about u.s. relations with south and
this one day after the u.n. security council authorize ad no-fly zone over libya and the libyan government this morning declaring a cease-fire. we expect to hear comments from president obama before he heads out on his south and central american trip. there are reports that he will make a statement today. we will have those on the c-span networks when and if they do happen. the president will head out this evening from the white house for a five-day, three-country trip beginning in brazil...